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Quarterly Report of BioNTech SE for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
| Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss | 1 | |
| Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income | 2 | |
| Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position | 3 | |
| Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholder s ' Equity | 4 | |
| Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows | 5 | |
| S elected Explanatory Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements | 6 | |
| 1 Corporate Information | 6 | |
| 2 Basis of Preparation, Significant Accounting Policies and further Accounting Topics | 6 | |
| 3 Revenues from Contracts with Customers | 7 | |
| 4 Income and Expenses | 8 | |
| 5 I ncome Tax | 10 | |
| 6 Intangible Assets | 11 | |
| 7 Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities | 11 | |
| 8 Inventories | 14 | |
| 9 Issued Capital and Reserves | 14 | |
| 10 Share-Based Payments | 15 | |
| 1 1 Provisions and Contingencies | 16 | |
| 1 2 Related Party Disclosures | 17 | |
| 1 3 Events after the Reporting Period | 17 |
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
| Operating Results | 19 |
| Liquidity and Capital Resources | 35 |
| Risk Factors | 39 |
Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Profit or Loss
| Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| (in millions , except per share data) | Note | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||
| Revenues | |||||||
| Commercial revenues | 3 | 1,276.5 | 6,362.2 | ||||
| Research development revenues | 3 | 0.5 | 12.4 | ||||
| Total revenues | 1,277.0 | 6,374.6 | |||||
| Cost of sales | 4.1 | (96.0) | (1,294.1) | ||||
| Research and development expenses | 4.2 | (334.0) | (285.8) | ||||
| Sales and marketing expenses | (12.2) | (14.3) | |||||
| General and administrative expenses | 4.3 | (119.4) | (90.8) | ||||
| Other operating expenses | 4.4 | (118.1) | (71.6) | ||||
| Other operating income | 4.5 | 57.1 | 134.7 | ||||
| Operating income | 654.4 | 4,752.7 | |||||
| Finance income | 4.6 | 82.3 | 272.1 | ||||
| Finance expenses | 4.7 | (29.0) | (6.7) | ||||
| Profit before tax | 707.7 | 5,018.1 | |||||
| Income taxes | 5 | (205.5) | (1,319.3) | ||||
| Profit for the period | 502.2 | 3,698.8 | |||||
| Earnings per share | |||||||
| Basic profit for the period per share | 2.07 | 15.13 | |||||
| Diluted profit for the period per share | 2.05 | 14.24 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these interim consolidated financial statements.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
| Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | ||||||
| (in millions ) | Note | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||
| Profit for the period | 502.2 | 3,698.8 | |||||
| Other comprehensive income | |||||||
| Other comprehensive income that may be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods, net of tax | |||||||
| Exchange differences on translation of foreign operations | (2.1) | 3.7 | |||||
| Net gain on cash flow hedges | 1.7 | - | |||||
| Net other comprehensive income (loss) that may be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods | (0.4) | 3.7 | |||||
| Other comprehensive loss that will not be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods, net of tax | |||||||
| Remeasurement loss on defined benefit plans | - | (0.1) | |||||
| Net other comprehensive income (loss) that will not be reclassified to profit or loss in subsequent periods | - | (0.1) | |||||
| Other comprehensive income (loss) for the period, net of tax | (0.4) | 3.6 | |||||
| Comprehensive income for the period, net of tax | 501.8 | 3,702.4 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Financial Position
| March 31, | December 31, | |||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||
| Assets | Note | (unaudited) | ||
| Non-current assets | ||||
| Intangible assets | 6 | 378.6 | 219.7 | |
| Property, plant and equipment | 639.2 | 609.2 | ||
| Right-of-use assets | 208.4 | 211.9 | ||
| Other financial assets | 7 | 516.8 | 80.2 | |
| Other non-financial assets | 4.4 | 6.5 | ||
| Deferred tax assets | 5 | 245.5 | 229.6 | |
| Total non-current assets | 1,992.9 | 1,357.1 | ||
| Current assets | ||||
| Inventories | 8 | 424.1 | 439.6 | |
| Trade and other receivables | 7 | 6,450.5 | 7,145.6 | |
| Contract assets | 5.7 | - | ||
| Other financial assets | 7 | 358.0 | 189.4 | |
| Other non-financial assets | 171.3 | 271.9 | ||
| Income tax assets | 532.6 | 0.4 | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 12,143.9 | 13,875.1 | ||
| Total current assets | 20,086.1 | 21,922.0 | ||
| Total assets | 22,079.0 | 23,279.1 | ||
| Equity and liabilities | ||||
| Equity | ||||
| Share capital | 9 | 248.6 | 248.6 | |
| Capital reserve | 9 | 1,547.9 | 1,828.2 | |
| Treasury shares | 9 | (7.6) | (5.3) | |
| Retained earnings | 19,335.2 | 18,833.0 | ||
| Other reserves | 10 | (858.8) | (848.9) | |
| Total equity | 20,265.3 | 20,055.6 | ||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||
| Lease liabilities, loans and borrowings | 7 | 172.4 | 176.2 | |
| Other financial liabilities | 7 | 6.1 | 6.1 | |
| Income tax liabilities | 5 | 10.8 | 10.4 | |
| Provisions | 11 | 8.6 | 8.6 | |
| Contract liabilities | 45.6 | 48.4 | ||
| Other non-financial liabilities | 14.0 | 17.0 | ||
| Deferred tax liabilities | 5.3 | 6.2 | ||
| Total non-current liabilities | 262.8 | 272.9 | ||
| Current liabilities | ||||
| Lease liabilities, loans and borrowings | 7 | 37.4 | 36.0 | |
| Trade payables | 7 | 29.9 | 204.1 | |
| Other financial liabilities | 7 | 435.9 | 785.1 | |
| Refund liabilities | 80.2 | 24.4 | ||
| Income tax liabilities | 5 | 526.3 | 595.9 | |
| Provisions | 11 | 320.4 | 367.2 | |
| Contract liabilities | 22.0 | 77.1 | ||
| Other non-financial liabilities | 98.8 | 860.8 | ||
| Total current liabilities | 1,550.9 | 2,950.6 | ||
| Total liabilities | 1,813.7 | 3,223.5 | ||
| Total equity and liabilities | 22,079.0 | 23,279.1 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
| (in millions ) | Note | Share capital | Capital reserve | Treasury shares | Retained earnings | Other reserves | Total equity | |||||
| As of January 1, 2022 | 246.3 | 1,674.4 | (3.8) | 9,882.8 | 93.9 | 11,893.6 | ||||||
| Profit for the period | - | - | - | 3,698.8 | - | 3,698.8 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive income | - | - | - | - | 3.6 | 3.6 | ||||||
| Total comprehensive income | - | - | - | 3,698.8 | 3.6 | 3,702.4 | ||||||
| Issuance of share capital | 0.5 | 67.1 | - | - | - | 67.6 | ||||||
| Redemption of convertible note | - | 234.9 | - | - | - | 234.9 | ||||||
| Transaction costs | - | (0.1) | - | - | - | (0.1) | ||||||
| Share-based payments | 10 | - | - | - | - | 12.2 | 12.2 | |||||
| As of March 31, 2022 | 246.8 | 1,976.3 | (3.8) | 13,581.6 | 109.7 | 15,910.6 | ||||||
| As of January 1, 2023 | 248.6 | 1,828.2 | (5.3) | 18,833.0 | (848.9) | 20,055.6 | ||||||
| Profit for the period | - | - | - | 502.2 | - | 502.2 | ||||||
| Other comprehensive loss | - | - | - | - | (0.4) | (0.4) | ||||||
| Total comprehensive profit (loss) | - | - | - | 502.2 | (0.4) | 501.8 | ||||||
| Share repurchase program | 9 | - | (279.7) | (2.3) | - | - | (282.0) | |||||
| Share-based payments | 10 | - | (0.6) | - | - | 11.5 | 10.9 | |||||
| Current and deferred taxes | 5 | - | - | - | - | (21.0) | (21.0) | |||||
| As of March 31, 2023 | 248.6 | 1,547.9 | (7.6) | 19,335.2 | (858.8) | 20,265.3 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Interim Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| 2023 | 2022 | |||||
| (in millions ) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||
| Operating activities | ||||||
| Profit for the period | 502.2 | 3,698.8 | ||||
| Income taxes | 205.5 | 1,319.3 | ||||
| Profit before tax | 707.7 | 5,018.1 | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile profit before tax to net cash flows | ||||||
| Depreciation and amortization of property, plant, equipment, intangible assets and right-of-use assets | 31.4 | 27.6 | ||||
| Share-based payment expenses | 8.6 | 11.2 | ||||
| Net foreign exchange differences | 53.1 | 6.1 | ||||
| Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 0.2 | - | ||||
| Finance income excluding foreign exchange differences | (82.3) | (217.3) | ||||
| Finance expense excluding foreign exchange differences | 1.2 | 6.7 | ||||
| Movements in government grants | (3.0) | - | ||||
| Unrealized net (gain) loss on derivative instruments at fair value through profit or loss | 76.2 | (1.9) | ||||
| Working capital adjustments | ||||||
| Decrease (increase) in trade and other receivables, contract assets and other assets | 893.8 | (403.5) | ||||
| Decrease in inventories | 15.5 | 43.2 | ||||
| (Decrease) increase in trade payables, other financial liabilities, other liabilities, contract liabilities, refund liabilities and provisions | (861.6) | 857.5 | ||||
| Interest received | 53.6 | 0.7 | ||||
| Interest paid | (1.2) | (6.4) | ||||
| Income tax paid | (844.9) | (1,290.0) | ||||
| Share-based payments | (725.7) | (1.8) | ||||
| Net cash flows from (used in) operating activities | (677.4) | 4,050.2 | ||||
| Investing activities | ||||||
| Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (45.2) | (44.1) | ||||
| Purchase of intangible assets and right-of-use assets | (9.6) | (16.7) | ||||
| Investment in other financial assets | (680.6) | (27.0) | ||||
| Proceeds from maturity of other financial assets | - | 375.2 | ||||
| Net cash flows from (used in) investing activities | (735.4) | 287.4 | ||||
| Financing activities | ||||||
| Proceeds from issuance of share capital and treasury shares, net of costs | - | 110.5 | ||||
| Repayment of loans and borrowings | - | (18.8) | ||||
| Payments related to lease liabilities | (9.3) | (11.4) | ||||
| Share repurchase program | (282.0) | - | ||||
| Net cash flows from (used in) financing activities | (291.3) | 80.3 | ||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (1,704.1) | 4,417.9 | ||||
| Change in cash and cash equivalents resulting from exchange rate differences | (27.1) | 53.5 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 13,875.1 | 1,692.7 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents as of March 31 | 12,143.9 | 6,164.1 |
The accompanying notes form an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
Selected Explanatory Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
1Corporate Information
BioNTech SE is a limited company incorporated and domiciled in Germany. The registered office is located in Mainz, Germany (An der Goldgrube 12, 55131 Mainz). The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements present the financial position and the results of operation of BioNTech SE and its subsidiaries and have been prepared on a going concern basis in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards, or IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, or IASB. References to the "Company", "BioNTech", "Group", "we", "us" and "our" refer to BioNTech SE and its consolidated subsidiaries.
We are a global next-generation immunotherapy company pioneering novel medicines against cancer, infectious diseases and other serious diseases. Since our founding in 2008, we have focused on harnessing the power of the immune system to address human diseases with unmet medical need and major global health burden. Our fully integrated model combines decades of research in immunology, translational drug discovery and development, a technology agnostic innovation engine, GMP manufacturing, and commercial capabilities to rapidly discover, develop and commercialize our marketed products and other candidate vaccines and therapies. We have built a broad toolkit across multiple technology platforms, including a diverse range of potentially first-in-class therapeutic approaches. This includes mRNA vaccines and therapeutics, cell and gene therapies, targeted antibodies and small molecule immunomodulators.
Our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2023 were authorized for issuance in accordance with a resolution of the audit committee on May 5, 2023.
2Basis of Preparation, Significant Accounting Policies and further Accounting Topics
Basis of Preparation and Principles of Consolidation
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2023 have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34 Interim Financial Reporting.
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements do not include all the information and disclosures required in the consolidated financial statements, and should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022.
We prepare and present our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements in Euros and round numbers to millions of Euros. Accordingly, numerical figures shown as totals in some tables may not be exact arithmetic aggregations of the figures that preceded them and figures presented in the explanatory notes may not add up to the rounded arithmetic aggregations.
The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2023 include BioNTech SE and its subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Significant Accounting Judgments, Estimates and Assumptions
The preparation of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements requires our management to make judgments, estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of revenues, expenses, assets and liabilities and the accompanying disclosures. This includes but is not limited to the judgment described as "Pfizer Agreement Characteristics" in the notes to our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022. In order to determine our share of the collaboration partner's gross profits, we used certain information from the collaboration partner, including revenues from the sale of products, some of which is based on preliminary data shared between the partners. Our management continually evaluates judgments and estimates, including those related to the contingencies, fair value measurement of derivatives, revenues and expenses. Management bases its judgments and estimates on parameters available when the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements were prepared. Existing circumstances and assumptions about future developments, however, may change due to market
changes or circumstances arising that are beyond our control. Such changes are reflected in the assumptions when they occur.
Significant Accounting Policies
The accounting policies adopted in the preparation of the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements are consistent with those followed in the preparation of our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, except for income taxes which are accounted for using the expected annual tax rate in our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements (see Note 5). Certain policies have been described further below due to the activities related to and the transactions that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Standards Applied for the First Time
The IFRS standards applied for the first time as of January 1, 2023, as disclosed in the notes to the audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, had no impact on our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
3Revenues from Contracts with Customers
Disaggregated information on revenues
Set out below is the disaggregation of our revenues from contracts with customers
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Commercial revenues | 1,276.5 | 6,362.2 | ||||
| COVID-19 vaccine revenues | 1,263.5 | 6,353.2 | ||||
| Sales to collaboration partners (1) | 71.4 | 603.2 | ||||
| Direct product sales to customers | 65.2 | 1,163.1 | ||||
| Share of collaboration partners' gross profit and sales milestones | 1,126.9 | 4,586.9 | ||||
| Other sales | 13.0 | 9.0 | ||||
| Research development revenues from collaborations | 0.5 | 12.4 | ||||
| Total | 1,277.0 | 6,374.6 |
(1) Represents sales to our collaboration partners of products manufactured by us and reflects manufacturing costs and variances to the extent identified.
During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, commercial revenues were recognized from the supply and sales of our COVID-19 vaccine worldwide. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 our commercial revenues decreased due to lower demand for our COVID-19 vaccine. We are the marketing authorization holder in the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada and other countries, and holder of emergency use authorizations or equivalents in the United States (jointly with Pfizer Inc., or Pfizer) and other countries submissions to pursue regulatory approvals in those countries where emergency use authorizations or equivalent were initially granted are ongoing. Pfizer has marketing and distribution rights worldwide with the exception of China, Germany and Turkey. Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical (Group) Co., Ltd, or Fosun Pharma, has marketing and distribution rights in China, Hong Kong special administrative region, or SAR, Macau SAR and the region of Taiwan. The allocation of marketing and distribution rights defines territories in which the collaboration partners act as a principal.
Sales to Collaboration Partners
Sales to collaboration partners represent sales of products manufactured by us to collaboration partners. Whenever responsibilities in the manufacturing and supply process of the COVID-19 vaccine shift and the COVID-19 vaccine is transferred, the vaccine is sold from one partner to the other. Under the collaboration with Pfizer, from time to time, those sales are significantly influenced by amounts due to write-offs of inventories as well as costs related to production capacities derived from contracts with Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs) that became redundant. Those costs represent accrued manufacturing variances and are charged to our partner once finally materialized. These manufacturing variances are reflected as transfer price adjustment once identified and assessed highly probable. Sales to collaboration partners during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, amounted to 71.4 million and
603.2 million, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 those sales included 47.8 million related to the aforementioned manufacturing variances ( 367.6 million with respect to sales during the three months ended March 31, 2022).
Direct Product Sales to Customers
By supplying our territories during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, we recognized 65.2 million and 1,163.1 million of revenues, respectively, from direct COVID-19 vaccine sales in Germany. The share of gross profit that we owe our collaboration partner Pfizer based on our sales is recognized as cost of sales.
Share of Collaboration Partners' Gross Profit
Based on COVID-19 vaccine sales in the collaboration partners' territories, we are eligible to receive a share of their gross profit, which represents a net figure and is recognized as collaboration revenue during the commercial phase. When determining the gross profit, manufacturing cost variances either reflected as transfer price adjustment as described above, or resulting from costs highly probable to be incurred by the partner were considered. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, 1,126.9 million in gross profit share was recognized as revenues. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, 4,586.9 million in gross profit share was recognized as revenues.
Revenues from contracts with customers were recognized as follows
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Timing of revenue recognition | ||||||
| Goods and services transferred at a point in time | 143.0 | 1,773.4 | ||||
| Goods and services transferred over time | 7.1 | 14.3 | ||||
| Revenue recognition applying the sales-based or usage-based royalty recognition constraint model (1) | 1,126.9 | 4,586.9 | ||||
| Total | 1,277.0 | 6,374.6 |
(1) Represents sales based on the share of the collaboration partners' gross profit and sales milestones.
4Income and Expenses
The cost of sales recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Cost of sales related to COVID-19 vaccine revenues | 88.4 | 1,288.3 | ||||
| Cost related to other sales | 7.6 | 5.8 | ||||
| Total | 96.0 | 1,294.1 |
4.2Research and Development Expenses
The research and development expenses recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Purchased services | 197.2 | 131.4 | ||||
| Wages, benefits and social security expense | 86.6 | 70.8 | ||||
| Depreciation and amortization | 14.7 | 10.8 | ||||
| Laboratory supplies | 12.7 | 57.6 | ||||
| Other | 22.8 | 15.2 | ||||
| Total | 334.0 | 285.8 |
4.3General and Administrative Expenses
The general and administrative expenses recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Wages, benefits and social security expense | 38.0 | 27.5 | ||||
| IT and office equipment | 27.5 | 11.3 | ||||
| Purchased services | 24.2 | 30.3 | ||||
| Insurance premiums | 15.4 | 6.0 | ||||
| Other | 14.3 | 15.7 | ||||
| Total | 119.4 | 90.8 |
4.4Other Operating Expenses
The other operating expenses recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Foreign exchange differences, net | 116.5 | - | ||||
| Loss on derivative instruments at fair value through profit or loss | - | 69.3 | ||||
| Other | 1.6 | 2.3 | ||||
| Total | 118.1 | 71.6 |
The foreign exchange differences included in operating income primarily arose from valuing our U.S. dollar denominated trade receivables which mainly resulted from our COVID-19 collaboration with Pfizer, compensated by the foreign exchange rate effects of our U.S. dollar denominated trade payables as well as our U.S. dollar denominated other financial liabilities which mainly resulted from obligations incurred from our license agreements.
The loss on derivative instruments at fair value through profit or loss in the prior year comparable period related to foreign exchange forward contracts that were entered into to manage some of our transaction exposures but were not designated as hedging instruments under IFRS (see Note 6).
4.5Other Operating Income
The other operating income recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Gain on derivative instruments at fair value through profit or loss | 41.9 | 2.8 | ||||
| Foreign exchange differences, net | - | 124.0 | ||||
| Other | 15.2 | 7.9 | ||||
| Total | 57.1 | 134.7 |
The gain on derivative instruments at fair value through profit or loss related to foreign exchange forward contracts that did not qualify for hedge accounting (see Note 6).
The net loss in foreign exchange differences in the prior year comparable period included in operating income primarily arose from valuing our U.S. dollar denominated trade receivables which mainly relate to our COVID-19 collaboration with Pfizer, U.S. dollar denominated trade payables as well as our U.S. dollar denominated other financial liabilities which mainly relate to obligations incurred from our license agreements.
The finance income recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 is shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Interest income | 60.1 | 0.5 | ||||
| Foreign exchange differences, net | - | 54.8 | ||||
| Fair value adjustments of financial instruments measured at fair value | 22.2 | 216.8 | ||||
| Total | 82.3 | 272.1 |
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the interest income were mainly derived from our bank deposits and the fair value adjustments were derived from remeasuring our money market funds. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the fair value adjustments were mainly derived from remeasuring the derivative embedded in our convertible note.
The finance expenses recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Foreign exchange differences, net | 27.8 | - | ||||
| Other | 1.2 | 6.7 | ||||
| Total | 29.0 | 6.7 |
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, the foreign exchange differences were mainly derived from our foreign exchange bank deposits and cash accounts.
For the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, income taxes were calculated based on the best estimate of the weighted average annual income tax rates expected for the full financial years (estimated annual effective income tax rates) on ordinary income before tax plus the tax effect of any discrete items. For the three months ended March 31,
2023 and 2022, our effective income tax rates were approximately 29.0% and 26.3%, respectively. The current shift of the ratio between the earnings before tax for the German entities and the losses for which no deferred tax assets has been recognized, led to the present increase of the effective income tax rate. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, current income taxes were recognized with respect to the German tax group. Deferred tax effects were recognized with respect to identified discrete items as well as share-based payments programs during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. As of March 31, 2023, we continue to maintain a valuation allowance against deferred tax assets of our U.S. tax group as there is not sufficient probability in terms of IAS 12 that there will be future taxable profits available against which the unused tax losses and temporary differences can be utilized.
The income taxes recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 are shown in the following table
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||
| (in millions ) | 2023 | 2022 | ||||
| Current income taxes | 243.2 | 1,335.1 | ||||
| Deferred taxes | (37.7) | (15.8) | ||||
| Income taxes | 205.5 | 1,319.3 |
The increase of intangible assets by 158.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 is mainly due to licenses acquired that meet the definition of identifiable assets in the amount of 158.0 million in connection with the License and Collaboration Agreements entered into between us and Duality Biologics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., Shanghai, China, in March 2023.
7Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
Set out below is an overview of financial assets, other than cash and cash equivalents, held as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
| (in millions ) | March 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | |
| Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments | |||
| Foreign exchange forward contracts | 109.6 | 183.7 | |
| Derivatives designated as hedging instruments | |||
| Foreign exchange forward contracts | 2.6 | - | |
| Equity instruments designated at fair value through OCI | |||
| Non-listed equity investments | 57.1 | 57.1 | |
| Listed equity investments | 20.0 | 20.0 | |
| Financial assets at amortized cost | |||
| Trade and other receivables | 6,450.5 | 7,145.6 | |
| Security investments | 671.9 | - | |
| Other financial assets | 13.6 | 8.8 | |
| Total | 7,325.3 | 7,415.2 | |
| Total current | 6,808.5 | 7,335.0 | |
| Total non-current | 516.8 | 80.2 |
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments relate to foreign exchange forward contracts that were entered into during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, to manage some of our foreign currency exposures. The
foreign exchange forward contracts are measured at fair value through profit or loss and are intended to reduce the exposure to foreign currency risk resulting from trade receivables denominated in U.S. dollar.
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments relate to foreign exchange forward contracts that were entered into during the three months ended March 31, 2023, to hedge the cash flow risk associated with the purchase price in British pound (GBP) of the intended acquisition (forecasted transaction) of InstaDeep Ltd.
Equity Instruments Designated at Fair Value through Other Comprehensive Income
Equity investments generally are made in conjunction with our existing commercial partnerships. In accordance with IFRS 9 we elected to present gains and losses on our equity investments in other comprehensive income to avoid fluctuations in our unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of profit or loss. During the three months ended March 31, 2023, no gains and losses on our equity investments occurred.
Financial Assets at Amortized Cost
Trade and other receivables predominantly comprise trade receivables from our COVID-19 collaboration with Pfizer. The contractual settlement of the gross profit share has a temporal offset of more than one calendar quarter. As Pfizer's fiscal quarter for subsidiaries outside the United States differs from ours, there is an additional time lag between the recognition of revenues and the payment receipt. Consequently, as of March 31, 2023, our trade receivables included, in addition to the profit share for the first quarter of 2023, trade receivables which related to the gross profit share for the fourth quarter of 2022.
Our investments in different securities with a remaining term of more or less than twelve months are presented as current or non-current security investments, respectively, and measured at amortized cost. Within our interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2023, 426.4 million are presented as non-current and 245.5 million as current security investments as part of the financial assets.
Financial Liabilities